His Grace
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
KG PC JP DL
Member of Parliament for Midlothian
In office
1874–1880
Preceded bySir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland
Succeeded byWilliam Ewart Gladstone
In office
1853–1868
Preceded bySir John Hope
Succeeded bySir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland
Personal details
Born(1831-09-09)9 September 1831
Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England
Died5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 83)
Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England
SpouseLady Louisa Jane Hamilton
Children
Parents

William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry, KG, PC, JP, DL (9 September 1831 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, as well as a maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and a great-great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York.

Early life

Garter encircled arms of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.

Born at Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, London, into a family of four boys and three girls, William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott was the eldest son of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch & 7th Duke of Queensberry and Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng.[1]

He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

Career

The 32 blank pages of the pamphlet have been digitised by the LSE Library.[2]

He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1853–1868 and from 1874–1880. He was also lieutenant colonel of the Midlothian Yeomanry from 1872, as well as serving as Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirkshire, Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirkshire, and Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Roxburghshire.[3]

The Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith was a political pamphlet that was published and circulated in Edinburgh during the 1880 United Kingdom general election. It was well presented but inside the neatly printed cover, there were just thirty-two blank pages,[4] making it an early empty book. The publication was thought to be an effective attack on William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, who lost the seat to William Gladstone by 211 votes.

Personal life

On Tuesday 22 November 1859, he married Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton in London, England. Lady Louisa was the third daughter of Sir James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell (daughter of Sir John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford).[5] As heir apparent to his father's title, William was already "Earl of Dalkeith" by courtesy, and thus his new bride was immediately styled "Countess of Dalkeith". They had six sons and two daughters:

The Duke died at Montagu House, Whitehall, London, England on Thursday 5 November 1914, in his 83rd year. He had survived his wife, Lady Louisa Jane, by little more than two years. He was survived by seven of his eight children and their families.

He was buried on Tuesday 10 November 1914[7] in the family crypt of the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. The church is located on Dalkeith's High Street, at the entrance to Dalkeith Country Park.

Titles, honours and awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f G.E. Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 1910-1959, reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000, volume II, page 372.
  2. ^ "Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith, Carefully Compiled from Trustworthy Sources", LSE Selected Pamphlets, 1880, JSTOR 0214093
  3. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 562.
  4. ^ Humphries, Barbara (2011), "Nineteenth-century pamphlets online" (PDF), The Emphemerist, The Emphemera Society, p. 19
  5. ^ a b c d Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, p. 6.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 562–563.
  7. ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998, p. 119.
  8. ^ "No. 27385". The London Gazette. 10 December 1901. p. 8714.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySir John Hope Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1853 – 1868 Succeeded bySir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland Preceded bySir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1874 – 1880 Succeeded byWilliam Ewart Gladstone Honorary titles Preceded byThe Marquess of Queensberry Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1858–1914 Succeeded byThe Duke of Buccleuch Peerage of Scotland Preceded byWalter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott Duke of Buccleuch 2nd creation1884 – 1914 Succeeded byJohn Charles Montagu Douglas Scott Duke of Queensberry 1884 – 1914
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